*What book are you reading ?

[ViolentPanda]

I've currently got "Eric Gill: Man of Flesh and Spirit" by Malcolm Yorke, and "Persons and Polemics" by E.P. Thompson on the go.

 

[muser]

V

'The elegant universe' - by brian greene, which is written in a matter of fact, conversational tone. Very repetitive in his assertion that 'that string theory says'. Though thankfully he isn't deluded by the predictions super string theory makes. I'm half way through the book and I'm not convinced this theory will be the natural successor of the grand unifying theory or QFT.
There are 5 different version of the theory, heteroic 0(32), IIA, IIB, heteroic E8 x E8. A little problematic, if not disconcerting, for those studying the theory then certainly for the lay reader.
Almost none of SST can be validated since present technology can't certifiably prove to the contrary. Though some very interesting ideas regarding calabi-yau space and the kaluza-klein theory.

 

[krtek a houby]

How the Dead Live - Will Self
England, England - Julian Barnes

and just finished The Complete Bone - Jeff Smith. That's the one I couldn't put down, all 1300 pages of the damn thing!

 

[onemonkey]

The Story of Mr Sommer - Patrick Süskind

A very short fable written before he got famous, moderately inoffensive but I am so far wondering if it might end badly

 

[H.Dot]

Eugene O' Neill - "A Moon For The Misbegotten" - because I'm going to see it on Wednesday

 

[i-am-your-idea]

'The English Roses' by Madonna

 

[Pie 1]

fucking awful pile of shite

Thirded.
The girl in it was tribal princess, I reckon.


Just finished Jake Arnott's He Kills Coppers. - pretty good.

 

[sleaterkinney]

I'm reading James Ellroy: Destination: Morgue!.

A collection of short stories, some of them autobiographical, it's excellent - the guy's my favourite author by a long way.

 

[citydreams]

I'm reading James Ellroy: Destination: Morgue!.

A collection of short stories, some of them autobiographical, it's excellent - the guy's my favourite author by a long way.

Crime crystallized crisp in my cranial cracks

 

[Rollem]

just finished 'the island' by victoria hislop - nice easy read

now reading 'the scent of dried roses' by tim lott

 

[liberty]

I gave up on it

 

[Boogie Boy]

'The Man In The Iron Mask' Dumas

BB

 

[madamv]

Dead Babies - Martin Amis

 

[Dubversion]

finished Letham's Fortress of Solitude - amazing book, ends up very different to what one would imagine.

Now reading Gideon Defoe's Pirates Adventures With The Communists - so far, so funny

 

[Orang Utan]

I've just started on that again Dub

 

[Philbc03]

I polished off MArk Twain's 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' on Friday. What can I say? It's absolutely brilliant. I'm looking forward to tucking into the sequel very soon.

I've now got Jake Arnott's 'truecrime' on the go, which again is really good and highly recommended.

And one last thing I managed to squeeze in Peter Taaffe's new book, 'Marxism in Today's World'. It's very readable and serves as an excellent intro to the Socialist Party. It takes the form of a question and answer session with an Italian autonomist, meaning he gets asked tougher questions than what an exuberent hack is likely to come up with. Definitely recommended.

 

[Dubversion]

I've just started on that again Dub

stick with it, honestly - as i say, it settled down after a while and rather than just being pinned down by his prose it starts to flow

 

[Pieface]

I polished off MArk Twain's 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' on Friday. What can I say? It's absolutely brilliant. I'm looking forward to tucking into the sequel very soon.

His short stories are really worth it as well

 

[ICB]

Just finished "The Wolves of the Calla" part 5 of The Dark Tower by Stephen King, good kit.

Now taking a break from that series with "Shadow of the Torturer", part one of "The Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe. I picked it up because of the high praise on the cover from Ursula LeGuin and I've not been disappointed, really rather well written and full of interesting ideas. Highly recommended.

 

[Pieface]

Do you own a plastic replica broadsword, ICB?

 

[thefishdead]

just read 'the devil you know' and it sequal 'vicous circle' by mike carey.
Their about a freelance exorcist working in london. Blurb describs it as 'Raymond chandler driving a herse' which is about right. The guy knows how to put a story together and his prose is far better than you would expect from the genre. Recomended.

 

[ICB]

Do you own a plastic replica broadsword, ICB?

No. And >90% of the fantasy/sci-fi I read as a yoof would have me curling my toes in disgust these days. Gene Wolfe is a bit different though, up there with LeGuin herself as proper literature by anyone's standards. His wikipedia entry makes for interesting reading.

 

[Pieface]

He invented the Pringles machine! !

I quite want to read some good fantasy, just don't know where to start with it.

 

[ViolentPanda]

"Gone to Croatan: Origins of North American Dropout Culture" edited by Ron Sakolsky and James Koehnline, and "Sheepshagger" by Niall Griffiths.

 

[Pieface]

Sheepshagger's meant to be well nasty!

 

[thefishdead]

fan of griffiths not read sheepshager yet

 

[Pieface]

I just finished My Year of Meat, which surprised me in some ways but had a bit of a shit ending.

Starting Earthly Powers now - Anthony Burgess. Good opening sentence

 

[elevendayempire]

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox. Pretty good, though the hardback is bloody heavy and difficult to lug around. I might see if the library has it on CD and copy it to the iPod.

SG

 

[citydreams]

Sheepshagger's meant to be well nasty!

Aye, it's got grit in spades. I liked it loads. Made a nice change from your average anti-hero. Some lovely off-yer-head rave ramblings in there too.

I didn't get on with any other of Griffiths books.

 

[citydreams]

Just about to start Bangkok 8